This pale brick building for Dutch financial services company Rabobank has been purposefully designed by architecture studio Mecanoo to "not look like a bank" (+ slideshow). More about Mecanoo integrates public workspaces within banking centre for Rabobank
Rough wooden slats line the counters and back wall of this former self-service laundry in Amsterdam, which has been converted into a small coffee bar and cafe by local design studio Ninetynine. More about Ninetynine converts Amsterdam laundromat into cafe lined with wooden slats
Dutch design studio Ninetynine has lined the entire interior of one of Amsterdam's smallest bars with boards made from compressed strips of wood (+ slideshow). More about Ninetynine creates chipboard interior for Amsterdam's Mash bar
Amsterdam office NL Architects added angular windows to the facade of this sports centre in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, to frame views of three climbing walls inside (+ slideshow). More about Cave-like apertures frame climbing walls at NL Architects' Spordtgebouw sports centre
Dutch studio Möhn + Bouman Architects has given a facelift to an institutional-looking care centre near Rotterdam by covering the facade in fencing made from chestnut wood (+ slideshow). More about Möhn + Bouman Architects uses wooden fencing to update care centre facade
Dutch studio MVRDV has transformed a neoclassical chapel into the main entrance for a museum of modern art in Schiedam, the Netherlands, adding bright red shelves between the listed building's existing features (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV converts a chapel into an entrance for the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Bedaux de Brouwer Architecten sourced locally produced bricks for the walls of this house in the Dutch countryside, but also installed a large glazed wall to offer views of the picturesque landscape (+ slideshow). More about Bedaux de Brouwer Architecten uses red brick for Dutch countryside house
A stack of ceramic-clad boxes forms this monolithic swimming pool complex in the Netherlands by Slangen+Koenis Architecten (+ slideshow). More about Chequered facade surrounds swimming pool complex by Slangen+Koenis Architecten
Copper panels and local timber clad the exterior of this houseboat in the Netherlands by BYTR Architects, which is moored beside a wooded parkland (+ slideshow). More about Copper-clad ParkArk houseboat by BYTR Architects floats on a Dutch canal
News: a cultural centre in Arnhem covered in a dense pattern of pale concrete mullions by Rotterdam firm Neutelings Riedijk Architects has won the award for the Netherlands' Best Building of the Year 2014. More about Rozet cultural centre by Neutelings Riedijk Architects wins Dutch Best Building award
Dutch studio SeARCH has created a dome-shaped pavilion covered in grass and filled with plants, as part of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam that opened to the public today. More about SeARCH creates grassy dome pavilion for Rotterdam Architecture Biennale
Hanging plant pots, custom-made wooden furniture and a mural featuring a llama and an ice cream complete this office and studio in Amsterdam by Simon Bush-King Architecture (+ slideshow). More about Simon Bush-King adds chipboard furniture and wall art to Superheroes' office
Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten has completed a family holiday home on an island south of Rotterdam, made up of barn-like structures that take their cues from local agricultural buildings (+ slideshow). More about Dutch holiday home by Korteknie Stuhlmacher references farmhouses and barns
A national park in the Netherlands is the setting for this old water tower, which Dutch firm Zecc Architecten has transformed into an observation point by twisting staircases through its middle (+ slideshow). More about Zecc Architecten transforms an old water tower into a parkland observation point
Laser-cut stainless steel creates an intricately patterned surface on the walls of this upgraded metro station in Amsterdam by architecture firm Maccreanor Lavington (+ slideshow). More about Maccreanor Lavington overhauls Amsterdam's Kraaiennest metro station
Rem Koolhaas' OMA has completed the new Amsterdam headquarters of Dutch denim brand G-Star RAW, which features a concrete shell, a glass core and a hangar-like facade that slides open (+ slideshow). More about OMA completes industrial headquarters for G-Star RAW in Amsterdam
An angular metal-clad canopy now projects over a public square at the entrance to Rotterdam Centraal station, which reopened last week following an extensive remodelling by a team including Dutch firm Benthem Crouwel Architects (+ slideshow). More about Rotterdam Centraal station reopens with a pointed metal-clad entrance
Dutch firm Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten covered the facade of this school in Rotterdam with black and white tiles arranged in patterns that reference typical Dutch interior decoration (+ slideshow). More about Rotterdam school decorated with tiles based on traditional Dutch patterns
Rotterdam-based Studio Makkink & Bey has added an industrial playground with a decorative perimeter fence to a Mecanoo-designed housing complex in Reimerswaal, the Netherlands. More about Studio Makkink & Bey adds industrial playground to Mecanoo's Reimerswaalhof housing
News: Dutch studio MVRDV has revealed its competition-winning design to create a bowl-shaped art depot for the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam with a mirrored exterior and a rooftop sculpture garden. More about MVRDV unveils reflective bowl-shaped art depot for Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen